Whats your go-to fish bait for Channel catfish?

[crowriveramateur]

I have had the best luck with frogs. just twist off the back legs. Does anyone else use frogs?

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[gratefuljed13]

I've always had good luck taking chicken livers and adding a packet of strawberry banana jello mix. The jello mix stiffens up the livers and the cats love it around here. Also if you can get em, cow lungs work good. I live in Nebraska so we have plenty.

[larry g. ahrens]

i voted for punch bait i use when rod reel fishing i jug a lot then iuse perch live & cut + mudcats live for yellow cat

[Spock]

Well I had to vote other b/c it wasn't on the list. Although I can't say what it is, it's kind of like chicken livers except smellier, and it stays on the hook like no other. Only way to get it off is to cut it with the knife...even then it's not really cutting but rather ripping.

However, older channel cats generally eat more fish than younger ones, and scientifically, channels that's diet contains more fish get larger than the ones whose don't. So i'd say that if you want less but bigger channels, go with fish for bait.

[catfisherman_eky3]

ive caught most of my channels on creek chubs and chicken livers

[xposedguts]

when im fishin for channels and bullheads i use stink baits and cut sunfish mostly

[ridgedog]

i catch most of my channel cats on chicken liver

[ga2oh]

:roll_eyes: i tend to use liver and blue gill. one on each pole which ever gets hit first is what i use for the rest of the day typically. :roll_eyes:

[Tryffel]

Cut shad has worked in most situations for me, nightcrawlers seems to do just fine also.

[riverbud55]

got to go bait would be hogwild super premo blood bait on looper rig with a kayle hook